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Tuesday 31, January 2006

The "movistar" shore crew is finalising the changes that the Spanish boat
is to undergo before returning to the water. As it announced in the daily
reports during the Cape Town to Melbourne leg, the...

Brasil 1 emerged from the whirlygigs, the bluebush and the red ochre of the Australian desert late this afternoon, dusty but unmarked from the road voyage that will dry sail her 4,000 km from Fremantle...

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31 Jan 2006

Monday 30, January 2006

The first entry for the 2006 JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race came in as soon as the on-line entry went live during the London Boat Show. So far 50 boats have entered, the first being Thierry...

Wednesday 25, January 2006

The inaugural Brazil Sailing Cup, the first event of the World Match Racing Tour (successor to the Swedish Match Tour) sanctioned by ISAF, features an outstanding lineup that includes the top five on...

25 Jan 2006

Tuesday 24, January 2006

It is hard to imagine the Ferrari Formula One team agreeing to discuss thetechnical specification of their race car with rivals such as McLaren Mercedes for the good of the sport, but that is in effect...

Plans for this year's Bell Lawrie Scottish Series are well under way with a number of new initiatives both on the water and ashore. This year's event takes place from Friday 26th May to Monday 29th May...

24 Jan 2006

Monday 23, January 2006

Saturday 21, January 2006

After 18 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 40 seconds at sea, Mike Sanderson (NZ) and his exhausted crew on the black Dutch boat, ABN AMRO ONE, made it a hat trick today by winning three stages of the Volvo...

21 Jan 2006

Wednesday 18, January 2006

At 06.30 UTC Brasil 1 dismasted in position: 40,47.61S , 89,18.36E. She is currently 1200 miles from Fremantle and 1300 miles from Albany, south western Australia. Skipper, Torben Grael, sent the following...

Friday 13, January 2006

Louay Habib met Ben and was surprised to find a relaxed almost shy person, certainly not the ruthless competitor that has dominated the Laser and then the Finn class for the last ten years. Ben spoke...

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